Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to…

Bertrand Russell
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Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2015). The Conquest of Happiness, p.101, Lulu Press, Inc
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Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2015). The Conquest of Happiness, p.101, Lulu Press, Inc

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